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Topic: T-loc mft worktop (Read 18432 times)

I know there have already been worktops for classic systainers, but i don't owe any classics and the idea of a portable worktop seemed very cool and handy.So i made a model in sketchup of one that would fit on top of a T-loc. and has the size of a sys1

The dark parts would be MDF, and the lighter edges would be hardwood, the T-loc design requires a bottom plate to attach the loc feet. Because of this you would have a closed box, so at the end i thought why not have the top open like a systainer so you can place clamps and stuff in there. This requires some kind of solid locking mechanism that doesn't protrude.Apart from that i added a V groove like one of the other models had.If anybody has some ideas and thought to improve it, then they are welcome

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nice job.. i might build one. id like a t loc 4 or 5 and have drawers etc in the sides. if i was building a sys 1 i woyld folow the shape of the t loc but a bigger one i would have the sides flat and with holes for clamps

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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

How soon will it be that we are just sharing CNC or 3D printing files so we can just output this and keep our tools clean and sharp? Then we will our tools for just the things that we want to build not the tools to build to use our tools to build... Sorry was caught in a circular argument do-loop.

Cheers,Steve

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"A Festool is a tool, Marian; much better than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A Festool is still only as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.” ~ Ode to Shane (the movie)

How soon will it be that we are just sharing CNC or 3D printing files so we can just output this and keep our tools clean and sharp? Then we will our tools for just the things that we want to build not the tools to build to use our tools to build... Sorry was caught in a circular argument do-loop.

Cheers,Steve

There's a real danger of someone building a virtual reality workshop game ... Imagine building stuff to sell and earning points to buy better tools - all while chatting and sharing FOG style

How soon will it be that we are just sharing CNC or 3D printing files so we can just output this and keep our tools clean and sharp? Then we will our tools for just the things that we want to build not the tools to build to use our tools to build... Sorry was caught in a circular argument do-loop.

Cheers,Steve

There's a real danger of someone building a virtual reality workshop game ... Imagine building stuff to sell and earning points to buy better tools - all while chatting and sharing FOG style

Kev,

Your statement: "Imagine building stuff to sell and earning points to buy better tools - all while chatting and sharing FOG style"

just replace "points" with "money" ... and this is what most here do.... so your point is? LOL.

My point was... I'm not here to make the tools to make the things I make for people. I want to buy the tools and use them to be creative and create new things.

Cheers,Steve

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"A Festool is a tool, Marian; much better than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A Festool is still only as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.” ~ Ode to Shane (the movie)

How soon will it be that we are just sharing CNC or 3D printing files so we can just output this and keep our tools clean and sharp? Then we will our tools for just the things that we want to build not the tools to build to use our tools to build... Sorry was caught in a circular argument do-loop.

Cheers,Steve

There's a real danger of someone building a virtual reality workshop game ... Imagine building stuff to sell and earning points to buy better tools - all while chatting and sharing FOG style

Kev,

Your statement: "Imagine building stuff to sell and earning points to buy better tools - all while chatting and sharing FOG style"

just replace "points" with "money" ... and this is what most here do.... so your point is? LOL.

My point was... I'm not here to make the tools to make the things I make for people. I want to buy the tools and use them to be creative and create new things.

Cheers,Steve

There was some context I should probably have added ... there are some mindless video games on the market. One of them is a street sweeper game - you clean streets.

nice job.. i might build one. id like a t loc 4 or 5 and have drawers etc in the sides. if i was building a sys 1 i woyld folow the shape of the t loc but a bigger one i would have the sides flat and with holes for clamps

Thats clever, i will make a sys4 version with drawers and some vertical clamping possibilities.I will also use Fritter63's idea of a dust port.I was thinking it may be used to store the 4 little trays that come in the installers sys1 with all the drill accessories, i don't have it but it doesn't seem practical that the trays are now on top of each other. Having 4 small drawers for either the trays or the little sys boxes could be a handy use of space.Can someone look up or measure the tray size?

I've purchased MFTB files from benchworks.be, but that design includes hardwood planks on the mft-style-worktop-systainer sides, while i (as a lazy beginner woodworker) would like just to use plywood/mdf for top and just print 1:1 scale plans (on SRA3 size paper, 32x45cm), attach paper plan to the plywood/mdf and switch on jigsaw. Files of the initial design would help me a lot. How can i get them?

I've purchased MFTB files from benchworks.be, but that design includes hardwood planks on the mft-style-worktop-systainer sides, while i (as a lazy beginner woodworker) would like just to use plywood/mdf for top and just print 1:1 scale plans (on SRA3 size paper, 32x45cm), attach paper plan to the plywood/mdf and switch on jigsaw. Files of the initial design would help me a lot. How can i get them?

Thanks for attention and answering.

AndriusPS this is my first post in FOG

If youre decent with SketchUp, there are several versions of Systainers out there done in SketchUp which could be used to give you a starting point with dimensions to make your own version of this idea.